jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down15cross-posted to: piracy@lemmit.onlinefuturology@futurology.todayhardware@lemmit.onlineprivacy@lemmy.mlgadgets@lemmit.online
arrow-up1227arrow-down1external-linkYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: piracy@lemmit.onlinefuturology@futurology.todayhardware@lemmit.onlineprivacy@lemmy.mlgadgets@lemmit.online
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down7·3 months agoA few ideas to consider in this kind of situation: If you watch broadcast TV, consider stopping. Is it really of any use? Could your time have better uses? Maybe you’ll never need that ad stream. If all you need is a display for console/computer/media box, get a display instead. No tuner, no networking, no ads.
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoThey don’t make 77" monitors
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·3 months agoAt that point, just get a projector. You can have whatever size you can fit and the picture is still decent as long as you’re not in direct sunlight
A few ideas to consider in this kind of situation:
If you watch broadcast TV, consider stopping. Is it really of any use? Could your time have better uses? Maybe you’ll never need that ad stream.
If all you need is a display for console/computer/media box, get a display instead. No tuner, no networking, no ads.
They don’t make 77" monitors
At that point, just get a projector. You can have whatever size you can fit and the picture is still decent as long as you’re not in direct sunlight